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Prple Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

to bring / take it back to you

Hey! If i borrow sth. from so. and want to say that i will bring / take it back to him, do I have to use bring or take? I would say: "I am gonna bring it back to you tomorrow". Is that right?
  

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Prple I am gonna going to bring it back to you tomorrow. Correct as shown. You may pronounce "going to" as "gonna" when you read it, but you can't write it that way.

  • Prple I am gonna going to bring it back to you tomorrow.
  • Correct as shown.
  • You may pronounce "going to" as "gonna" when you read it, but you can't write it that way.
  • CJ
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PrpleI am gonna going to bring it back to you tomorrow.
Correct as shown.

You may pronounce "going to" as "gonna" when you read it, but you can't write it that way.

CJ
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Hi,

can I also ask something about this?
I know that you say I am going bring it back, but if I stop and think about it, I'm not sure I understand why.
Isn't bring a movement toward the speaker? Is there something intrinsic to bring that accounts for this usage, or is it just that you say borrow - bring back, period.

Thank you.
H.
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I am going to bring it back HERE WHERE WE ARE NOW.
I am going to take it back TO SOMEWHERE THE SPEAKER IS NOT.
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Okay. But that's not what Jim said in response to the OP, as far as I understand.

I borrowed something from you - I'm going to bring it back to you tomorrow.

H.
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It would probably still depend on where the speakers are standing.

If they were standing at school together: bring it back and give it to you (here)

or over the phone, the owner is at school, the person borrowing it is at home: take it back to you (there)
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Henry74I know that you say I am going bring it back, but if I stop and think about it, I'm not sure I understand why.
Let me tell you a secret. I don't understand why either.
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CalifJimon the other hand, we also tend to use 'bring' when carrying something to the person we're talking to
Right. There's something of "carrying" in "bringing". I can see that.
Thank you.

H.
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Henry74There's something of "carrying" in "bringing".
Yes, but there's something of "carrying" in "taking" as well, so that wasn't really my point.
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CalifJimYes, but there's something of "carrying" in "taking" as well, so that wasn't really my point.
Right. Okay.
I believe I got your point, though. You are not entirely sure why you say it like that either. A proximity with "carry" might have something to do with it.
I hope I got it right.

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